I am reading Among the Barons by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book is about a boy who go's to school as a 3rd child. A third child is when the child is illegal so the parents give the child a different name. The name that Luke gets is Smits brother's name that died, Lee. In the story, the boys that go to the school, go to that certain school because they are scared and fearful. The boys go through different trials to help them get rid of their fear.
The situation reminds me of a time when I was 6, when we had foster kids. We had two sets of two foster kids. It was a lot of work for my parents because they had to take care of 5 kids at once, and me and my sister weren't old enough to help. It was a tough time and we ended up not doing it anymore. It helped me overcome my fear of having to many siblings.
I had a thought while I was reading. Why would Smits want to get rid of Oscar if he is protecting him? I thought that maybe Oscar is abusing him or he is just plain mean. Come to find out, he wants to get him fired so he doesn't have someone watching everything he does.
The situation reminds me of a time when I was 6, when we had foster kids. We had two sets of two foster kids. It was a lot of work for my parents because they had to take care of 5 kids at once, and me and my sister weren't old enough to help. It was a tough time and we ended up not doing it anymore. It helped me overcome my fear of having to many siblings.
I had a thought while I was reading. Why would Smits want to get rid of Oscar if he is protecting him? I thought that maybe Oscar is abusing him or he is just plain mean. Come to find out, he wants to get him fired so he doesn't have someone watching everything he does.
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